Lord Stanhope's papers on the ``Doctrine of Chances

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2006.08.006zbMath1124.01006OpenAlexW1975398285MaRDI QIDQ997153

David R. Bellhouse

Publication date: 23 July 2007

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2006.08.006

zbMATH Keywords

gambler's ruindoctrine of fluxionsduration of playtheory of runs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of probability theory (60-03)

Related Items (2)

Mr. Bayes and the classics: a suggested interpretation ⋮ Maty's biography of Abraham de Moivre, translated, annotated and augmented

Cites Work

• Closed form summation for classical distributions: variations on a theme of de Moivre
• Der Mathematiker Abraham de Moivre (1667--1754)
• LII. An essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances. By the late Rev. Mr. Bayes, F. R. S. communicated by Mr. Price, in a letter to John Canton, A. M. F. R. S
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